Sydney University Professor of Gender and Employment Relations Marian Baird and IR consultant Theresa Moltoni have been recognised in the Queen's birthday honours list.
FWC to arbitrate Essential Energy deal, after workers reject offer; Bench upholds genuineness of Patrick redundancies; WA IRC raises state minimum wage by 1.9%; and Employer ordered to repay docked workers it directed to stop work.
Victoria's Andrews Labor Government has vowed to push through the controversial enterprise agreement covering its Country Fire Authority, despite sustaining political damage that has spilled into the federal election campaign.
The FWC has concluded it has no power to intervene in a dispute over whether construction company Laing O'Rourke can direct workers on the Ichthys LNG project to remove union stickers from their hard hats.
An independent Islamic school that hired more fixed-term teachers than permitted under the award and then tried to cover it up has been fined $150,000 by the Federal Court for unlawful practices, in one of the largest penalty decisions handed down against a school
A failed CFMEU bid for good faith bargaining orders against AGL Loy Yang has highlighted the robust "hard positional bargaining" at the company's power station and brown coal mine that has been complicated by a four-union single bargaining unit belatedly sharing the process with six newly-elected employee representatives.
Accused time sheet fraudster fails to win job back; Academic's dismissal for misappropriating funds upheld; Both sides lose bid for legal representation; Truck driver compensated despite near-miss; and Swearing worker failed to comprehend impact of conduct.
Fair Work Commission President Iain Ross has been dragged into Victoria's firefighters' dispute, after state parliament heard he gave assurances about the proposed agreement for the Country Fire Authority.
The SDA has asked Coles to start negotiating a new enterprise agreement, after the retail giant refused to give undertakings recommended by the Fair Work Commission to win approval for a deal endorsed by employees.
The FWO has secured its largest back-payment, after making an enforceable undertaking with a Victorian-based mining services company that requires it to reimburse $2 million to 205 underpaid workers and provide IR training to all managers with HR and payroll responsibilities.
